Senior Tech Activation & Decommission Program Manager

Horizontal Talent; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 70,257 - 122,606; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Job summary

Horizontal Talent is seeking a high-impact program manager to coordinate cross-functional teams, manage dependencies, and drive execution across multiple workstreams in a fast-moving tech environment.

You will build and maintain the program plan, track risks, and communicate progress to leadership while aligning stakeholders across product, engineering, and infrastructure to support activation and decommission milestones.

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience in program management, project management, or technical delivery management for large-scale technology initiatives.
• Strong ability to manage dependencies, timelines, risks, and delivery plans across multiple teams.
• Experience building and driving activation, transition, or decommission plans for complex systems.
• Excellent facilitation skills to align stakeholders and support decision-making.
• Strong risk management capabilities and ability to identify issues early and drive mitigation.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills for concise status updates and executive-ready documentation.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the overall program plan with milestones, dependencies, activation and decommission timelines.
• Track cross-team dependencies and ensure alignment on sequencing and delivery expectations.
• Facilitate program discussions to resolve risks, blockers, and timeline conflicts.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, infrastructure, security, and business stakeholders to support delivery goals.
• Prepare and maintain program documentation such as status updates, dependency trackers, risk logs, and leadership summaries.
• Coordinate across teams to support activation readiness, operational readiness, and decommission readiness.
• Provide visibility into program health, milestones, risks, decisions, and execution progress.
• Support planning toward full activation and legacy component decommissioning milestones.
• Follow established program management, agile delivery, and documentation practices.

Skills

Program management

Dependency management

Activation/decommissioning

Facilitation

Risk management

Communication

Prioritization

Influence

Problem solving

Job description

Horizontal Talent is seeking a high-impact program manager to coordinate cross-functional teams, manage dependencies, and drive execution across multiple workstreams in a fast-moving tech environment.

You will build and maintain the program plan, track risks, and communicate progress to leadership while aligning stakeholders across product, engineering, and infrastructure to support activation and decommission milestones.